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PROGRESSIVE PRINCIPLES, FAMILY VALUES

Scott Markovich, a registered candidate for the 33rd Assembly, uses the term Sustainable Community to describe places where:

People of different ages, income levels and cultural backgrounds share and can equally access a township’s cultural benefits;

The needs of daily life can be met within a 10 mile radius of home;

Education and economic opportunities are local and interrelated; and,

The Community's environmental standards are resilient.

Scott Markovich will work to:

Assure Equal Access to Community Resources & Benefits

Create Communities where Education Services and Employment Opportunities are Local and Interrelated

Require Environmental Standards to be Resilient

Establish a 4 Year University/Medical Center Affiliation

HOW ARE THE CHALLENGES OF A COMMUNITY ADDRESSED?

Scott understands that sustainable communities need to be structured:

To meet their challenges through integrated zoning solutions rather than through a fragmented approach;

To take a long term perspective that focuses on both the present and future and well beyond the next budget or election cycle; and,

To guarantee that the needs of current and future generations are met with adequate resources for success.

Scott Markovich will work to:

Create Community Solutions that are Integrated not Fragmented, nor biased toward one group or entity;

Form Growth Perspectives with the long term in mind;

Assure that Adequate Resources are part of every plan for growth.

In particular, Scott will work to assure that the Mojave River Aquifer Conservation efforts considers both the immediate and long term needs for:

Water Capacity

Water Storage

Water Replenishment Cycles

Analysis and Maintenance of Clean Water

Fair & Equitable Allocation

Adequate Recycle Procedures

WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY?

Scott believes that the success of a community’s efforts to be sustainable depend on:

Exceptional governance;

A community commitment to participate in the creation of State legislation; and,

Leadership that is inspiring, community effective and responsive to the needs of it's constituents.

Scott Markovich will work to:

Provide Exception Local Governance and Oversight on State mandates;

Create Effective Community-State Communication that is coupled with Responsive Leadership and Follow Through.

WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION?

Scott believes in a Model of Sustainable Public Education.

Sustainable Education is a transformational learning process that equips students, teachers and school systems with new ways of thinking and doing. The model of education is seated with the purpose of achieving for it's community, continually renewed economic prosperity and responsible citizenship in with the locally defined geographic.

Scott Markovich will work to:

Build a Direct Pathway from Public Secondary Schools to an affiliated High Desert Public 4 Year University;

Reduce Class Size in High Schools to Support Greater Management of Individual Student Learning Objectives; and,

Robustly Fund Vocational Programs in Public Schools.

WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF SUSTAINED GOVERNANCE?

Scott understands that governance has the privilege of doing for society what we cannot do as individuals. Through governance a society is able sort through it’s lists of needs and prioritize them for the purpose of enhancing the Human Condition.(1)

Effective governance under the Markovich Plan involves:

Legitimacy and Voice, where both are men and women have a say in decisions about what is in the best interest of the community or group;

Fairness, where all men and women have the opportunity to maintain and improve their well being and have their human rights protected;

Accountability, where decision makers are accountable to their members, the public and stakeholders;

Direction, where leaders and members have a shared, long-term view of what their future society is going to be; and,

Performance, where the governance system delivers goods, services and outcomes, that are planned for and meet the needs of its members.

(1)United Nations Development Program

WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS OF SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE?

Scott believes that Sustainable Infrastructure refers to the designing, building, and operating of the structural elements of society in ways that do not diminish the social, economic and ecological processes required to maintain human equity, diversity, and the functionality of natural systems.(1)

The infrastructure we need for tomorrow’s High Desert and Mountain communities will shape the social, economical and ecological environment of our citizens.

There are 5 key crucial infrastructure areas that we need to consider to create self sustaining High Desert and Mountain Communities.

Energy/Water: The single two largest capital investments of a self-sustaining society. Both Energy and Water Delivery Systems need to be constructed so as to account for Capacity and Storage in a manner that offers a fair and equitable method of distribution.

Transportation: While transportation systems need to be efficient, they are most crucial within a 10 miles radius of a city center, if the community is to be self-sustaining.

Land Use & Development: Careful Development of Indigenousness Ecological Habitats and Wetlands to conserve the natural vitality of our ecosystems is crucial to land use planning and maintenance. This efforts need to be integrated with clear agreements among all parts as to Water Allocation and Replenishment of the Mojave River.

Structure Governance: To properly oversee the infrastructure of the High Desert and Mountains the Scott’s model of Governance suggests that all Voices are Legitimate, that there exists a sense of Fairness that plays into a decision making processes that is clear on Accountability and the expected Direction of the progress map selected.

(1) crcrearch.org

The Need for Single Payer Healthcare

As your representative for the 33rd Assembly, I will support creating a California legislated Single Payer Healthcare System provided it's funding is fair and equitable to the citizen stakeholders that will make this model of healthcare possible; that it's provisions are appropriate with participant costs that are accessible to the group of California citizens it's designed to reach.

What matters to you?

From the desk of Scott Markovich:

My door is always open.

I'm interested in hearing what you believe is needed to make the communities of the 33rd Assembly District a sustainable place to live. With communities having a viable infrastructure coupled with pathways from education to employment that will make our High Desert and Mountains economically sound.